Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-1908

Description

Microsoft IIS 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a Host header that contains a large number of "/" (forward slash) characters.

Affected products

Microsoft/Internet Information Server
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/IISllm-fuzzy
Range: 5.0, 5.1

Patches

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References

www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6C00C1F5QA.htmlnvdPatch
www.securityfocus.com/bid/5907nvdExploit
www.iss.net/security_center/static/10370.phpnvd

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